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Cast Announced for “The 39 Steps”
Congratulations to the cast of Picketwire’s first production of 2020! Richard Hannay Jeffery Snyder Annabella/Pamela/Margaret Lexington Summers Clown 1 Bonnie Grossen Clown 2 Destini Tafoya 4th wall Vaudeville Troupe Brenda Erwin, Patrick Smith, Carla Clarke First meeting is Tuesday, February 25 @ 7 PM. This will be a read through. Blocking will begin Wednesday, February […]
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Auditions Announced for Picketwire’s “The 39 Steps”
The Picketwire Players are holding auditions for their 2020 spring production of “The 39 Steps” on February 18th and 20th from 7:00-9 :00 PM. Director Heather Pidcock-Reed brings this fast-paced, zany production to the Picketwire stage. This hilarious Monty Python-esque parody of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock whodunit spy story calls for the entirety of the […]
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Auditions for Fall Play, August 18th & 19th
Les Miserables final performances continue this weekend, August 7th, 8th and 9th. But that doesn’t stop Picketwire from planning another great show to delight the Arkansas Valley community. On August 18th and 19th, Picketwire will be holding cast auditions for Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery. The cast includes 14 people: 7 women, 5 men, […]
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Coming this Fall – Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery – October 9, 10, 11 & 12
The players are rehearsing a new show, Putting a Little English On It. It’s a not-so-good attempt at a British murder mystery, complete with cheesy dramatic music and British accents. As expected at the final dress rehearsal, the lights go out and a character dies onstage — only this murder wasn’t in the script! The […]
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Noises Off starts the Season with a Bang
Called the funniest farce ever written, “Noises Off” presented a manic menagerie as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called “Nothing’s On.” Doors slamming, on- and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play. Directed by Cory Higgs, “Noises Off” was presented at […]
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